Miles spent most of today sleeping. We saw his eyes for almost a minute, but then, back to sleep he went. He is slowly being weaned off of his pain medication—his epidural meds are being decreased and he went five hours between morphine doses. He also started taking some food by tube. One of the good points of having a feeding tube, Miles can "eat" as he sleeps. His GI tract is working just fine, he's been a little noisy...
Tomorrow will be a big day. He will finally get his catheter out. He will also get his epidural removed. I remember what that was like. The staff here at Children's don't know as much about epidurals as they do over at Women's. I wonder why that is. :^) He will get his final cast and we have to choose a color, although tie die is out. Big bonus, he will be getting out of bed. They are setting us up with a recline wheelchair, and we may even be able to roll him outside for a bit. Just imagine the tan lines!
So, while today was a slow day, we are making some progress toward recovery. I'll be on my own tomorrow as Wil heads back to the office, thus I have first choice on sleeping at home in my own bed. We are expecting a visit from Miles' speech therapist some time tomorrow, so I hope that both he and I are alert and ready for visitors. Miles has already slept through visits from Paula's mom, his godparents and Zoe, and his physical therapist.
Annie
What we saw most of today...
Peyton Manning and his wife generously donated funds for four rooms at Children's. Unfortunately we didn't get one of those Colts themed rooms! I'm sitting on the famous couch that pulls out into an semi-comfortable bed. (Think camp!)
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